Diabetes management in San Diego's Chamorro community

Diabetes Educator

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 379-390

  Wu, Phillis L ^a   Sadler, Georgia Robins ^a   Nguyen, Victoria ^a   Shi, Manli ^a,b   Gilpin, Elizabeth A ^a   Cruz, Lee Ann C ^c   Blas, Lillian A ^a,c   Cruz, Jesus A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Pac Islander Cancer Control Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; POSTAL MAIL; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MICRONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 20444397354     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145721705276579     Document Type: Review

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